For doubting gardeners: the timing of sowing seeds of tomatoes, peppers, when to plant

In this article, we will talk about the timing of sowing tomatoes and peppers. They depend on various factors. For example, from the region, variety, the ability to heat the greenhouse. Many novice gardeners doubt the sowing dates for tomatoes and peppers. On the Internet, different bloggers offer their landing dates. Let's look into this issue.

Some gardeners believe that early sowing will result in an early harvest. But it's not so simple. Sowing peppers and tomatoes in January, the harvest can only be expected in August and September. Seedlings can turn out to be elongated, it will recover within a few weeks, therefore, the crop yield will decrease.

The main factors that determine the timing of sowing

You need to pay attention to the following factors:

Warming up the soil in a greenhouse or open field

The temperature of the soil in a greenhouse or open ground at a depth of 15-20 cm should be at least +18 degrees for peppers and at least +15 degrees for tomatoes. In cold soil, plants will simply stop growing or, in the worst case, begin to wither. They will receive severe stress, which will increase the time for adaptation and, accordingly, maturation.

The degree of development of the root system

Seedlings when planting tomatoes and peppers in the ground should be well developed with a plant height of no more than 20-30 cm. In this case, the bushes begin to develop beautifully. The growth of the root system is positively affected by fertilizing with calcium.

If the roots form a dense lump in a cup, that is, the seedlings outgrow, then this is also bad. She will start to age. The roots will begin to die off. Seedlings of 0.5 liter capacity can grow up to 45 days, in the future this glass will not be enough for her. In order to grow normally up to 60 days, seedlings must be transplanted into 1 liter containers.

seedling age

Gardeners most often plant seedlings of peppers 60 days old and seedlings of tomatoes 45 or 50 days old. For soaking and germinating seeds, you need to add another 5 days.

Thus, peppers begin to sow on February 20th. For seedlings, tomato seeds are sown after March 10.

In fact, it is difficult to guess with the timing of planting seedlings in a greenhouse or open ground. It comes with experience. You can plant tomatoes of different sowing dates (40,50,60 days) on one bed and see how the plants develop. You can also do pepper, only their terms will be somewhat different: 50, 60 and 70 days. In some cases, 40 and 50 day old seedlings can yield higher yields than 60 and 70 day old ones.

Please write about your experience of sowing seeds of tomatoes and peppers for seedlings, namely the timing of sowing.

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